The Fat Tuesdays Band
The Fat Tuesdays Dixieland jazz band pays tribute to the music and spirit of New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz. Since forming in 2012 the Fat Tuesdays have played multiple venues in and around Roanoke and at private events. We have opened for the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra at Elmwood Park, and were the featured band at the Big Lick Cocktail Classic at the former Patrick Henry Hotel in 2016. The full five-piece Fat Tuesdays Band consists of drums, upright bass, piano or banjo and horns. We can also perform as a piano trio for a more intimate sound.
For bookings call Kevin at 540 588-8133, message kevinkittredge@yahoo.com or use the contact form here at kevinkittredge.org.
Djangabond
Photo courtesy The Glebe
The Gypsy jazz band Djangabond plays the music of the great Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt and others who might have been heard in the Paris cafes of the 1930s and ’40s. The core of the group is bandleader Paul Burton Campbell (violin, vocals), Willis Greenstreet (guitar, clarinet) and myself; we usually add a rhythm guitarist. Formed in 2014, we’ve played multiple venues, public and private. If you’re planning a party or event that needs a certain Je ne sais quoi, give me a call or send a message: 540 588-8133, kevinkittredge@yahoo.com.
Djangabond at Annie Moore’s pub. Courtesy Jonathan Barker.
Previous bands:
Scott Perry and Front Porch Swing
Photo courtesy Scott Perry
Scott Perry, Tom Ohmsen and Kevin Kittredge were formerly Front Porch Swing – an easy-on-the-ears acoustic trio that covered everything from Gypsy jazz to Johnny Cash. The band performed on the PBS television show “Song of the Mountains,” at Chateau Morrisette winery and at Virginia Tech, among many other venues.
Welcome to Hoonah
The former Americana band “Welcome to Hoonah,” named for a town in Alaska, was formed by songwriters Jessica Larsen and Spencer McKenna and myself in 2010. The live shows were a gas.
Talk is Cheap
Talk is Cheap was a blues/jazz fusion band featuring my newspaper colleague Tad Dickens on drums, my long-lost musical collaborator Paul Krayer on guitar and myself on upright and electric basses. We never recorded and I have searched the internet for a video, so far in vain.
Talk is Cheap with (above) Ben “Jammin” Trout on harmonica and Paul Krayer on guitar and (below) Tad Dickens on drums. The photos date to 2009 or 2010. Both arrived via social media and I have no idea who took them. Feel free to take credit.
Lee Street
My college rock and roll band, circa 1978. I’m at far left. Bob Lyle (arms crossed) still plays guitar and crashed on my couch a few months ago after a gig; my red-headed friend Lynn Evans (voice, piano) went on to earn a master’s degree in piano performance, then died of melanoma at 39. Carlos Alejandro (voice, flute, piano) does art photography in Delaware and still has the same piercing gaze; Chris Page (drums) married his college sweetheart, Pam Gutshall, and moved to Pennsylvania.
My old black jazz bass. I owned it for 34 years.
